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‘A world of smooth-functioning 
technological wonders’ 


Ad hoc task force goes Stateside, collects facts 


for report to President 
By Lois Stanford 


he President’s ad hoc task force on 

technology and learning has just re- 
turned from a fact-finding trip, on which 
we looked for ideas which might bring 
advantages to teaching and learning at the 
University of Alberta. We visited The 
Pennsylvania State University to see 20 
faculty members presenting their projects 
in alternative delivery of courses at a sym- 
posium sponsored by their Center for Aca- 
demic Computing. We went to the Insti- 
tute for Academic Technology, a collabo- 
rative venture between the University of 
North Carolina and IBM, to hear about 
new concepts and issues in developing a 
technology-assisted university learning 
environment. We stopped on our way 
home at the National Technical University 
in Colorado, where satellite video technol- 
ogy is employed to offer graduate engi- 
neering degrees to students located 
throughout North America using courses 
taught at 47 major US universities. 

We saw a world of smooth-function- 
ing technological wonders. But what we 
came home with was a profound apprecia- 
tion of the power of these wonders to sup- 
port rich, complex teaching and learning, 
and some understanding of the issues a 
university must resolve if it is to engage in 
this sort of delivery of education. 

We saw a range of technologies and 
teaching/learning applications, from tech- 
nology used simply to illustrate and 
clarify a classroom lecture, through more 
complex individual tutoring and inde- 
pendent learning systems, to courses 
shared between universities. Highlights? 

* A chemistry professor who rede- 
signed his first-year lecture-and-black- 
board class to include a computer display, 
which allowed him to use colour and ani- 
mation to illustrate abstract concepts effec- 
tively. I now understand molecular 
weight! 

* An English professor whose course 
in popular culture focused on the stu- 
dents’ collaborative development of a 
multimedia “scrapbook” containing, with 
their commentary, a rich variety of cin- 
ematic, musical, pictorial, and published 
materials; she reported that the students 
in the course engaged in an electronic 
dialogue over this notebook in which even 
the most reticent was able to express 
deeply-held views about the nature of 
society in a way unlikely in an open class- 
room. 

* A French professor whose engaging 
multimedia language learning program 
reflected how a passion for teaching can 
be captured in technology, and how rap- 
idly students can be engaged with that 
passion through a skillfully designed indi- 
vidual tutoring system. 

* Materials for a music appreciation 
course in which the simultaneous presen- 
tation of sound and visual schematics of 
the music’s structure made me feel as if 


had six pairs of ears all tuned to Vivaldi’s 
“Spring”. 

* The richness of a graduate program 
in which outstanding specialist scholars 
from around the world can be added, with- 
out leaving home, to a student’s experi- 
ence. 

We came home, also, with an apprecia- 
tion of the issues that a university must 
resolve if it is to engage in any serious way 
with the alternative delivery of instruction. 
Here are just a few of them. The need for 
ongoing support for faculty members in 
translating academic content and expertise 
into effectively designed instruction using 
appropriate technology. The need for stu- 
dents to be trained both in the use of e- 
mail, the Internet, multimedia systems, etc, 
and in the skills required for self-directed, 
independent learning. The need to recog- 
nize in faculty reward systems the impor- 
tance of innovative teaching and the devel- 
opment of alternative delivery learning 
materials. The critical need for technologi- 
cal support, and especially for technologi- 
cally sophisticated classrooms that are 
friendly to teacher and learner. The 
strength of collaborations among depart- 
ments, faculties, universities, and with 
corporate partners to make best use of the 
investment required in technology, train- 
ing, and product development and support 
in the marriage of technology and learning. 

Lois Stanford is a member of the Presi- 
dent's ad hoc task force on technology and 
learning. 


UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA 
5 MAY 1995 


INSIDE 


° Eric Geddes: veteran supporter of U of A (p 3) 

¢ Mexican markets? Si! (p 5) 

¢ UofA involvement with Russia, Ukraine 
increases (p 7) 


Photo Services 


Dr Regula Qureshi, Director of the new Centre for Ethnomusicology (standing), and student 
Lisa Nelson (left) look on as students (from left) Jason Sinkus and Brian Rose play instruments on 
display in the new music learning and research resource. A computer allows key word search of 


the Centre’s more than 2,000 titles. 


New Centre explores music, 


community link 


By Elsa Roehr 


F aculty and students have a new re- 
source for exploring the relationship 
between community and music. 

Tucked away ina small room on the’ 
second floor of the Fine Arts Building is a 
research and learning treasure: a collection 
of more than 2,000 titles in audio and 
video recordings of ethnic and folk music, 
along with the research findings, written 
documentation, and a display of musical 
instruments. 

The new Centre for Ethnomusicology 
represents years of work by talented and 


‘The University of Alberta 


Advantage’ 


Blueprint for best usage of advanced technology 


being drawn up 
By Ron Thomas 


A: Folio was going to press, the ad hoc 
task force on technology and learning 
(see story above) was holding another in 
its series of planning meetings. The nine- 
member group says its goal is to “assure 
the continued viability and competitive- 
ness of the University of Alberta as a re- 
search-based institution by developing a 
plan for alternative delivery strategies to 
increase access to high quality, affordable 
and cost-effective learning opportunities. 
“We call this the University of Alberta 
Advantage. By this we mean choices of the 
best the University currently has to offer 
as well as time and geography independ- 
ent learning. We also mean the ability of 
students and faculty to participate and 
reciprocate with other institutions, nation- 
ally and internationally, in the creation, 
use and dissemination of knowledge.” 
The problem, as the task force sees it, 


is to achieve increased instructional effec- 
tiveness, increased access to instruction 
throughout Alberta and to maintain costs 
in the process through significant in- 
creases in the use of alternative delivery 
of initiatives. 

The task force is drafting a report for 
President Rod Fraser, who says, “Innova- 
tion in teaching and alternative delivery of 
courses are issues that I think are vital to 
our University’s development.” 

Ian Simpson (Computing and Net- 
work Services) is leading the task force. 
The other members are: Terry Anderson 
(Alternative Delivery Initiative), Will Eng- 
lish (CNS), Phil Haswell (Electrical Engi- 
neering), Milt Petruk (Division of Technol- 
ogy in Education), Doug Poff (Libraries), 
Lois Stanford (Linguistics), Keith Switzer 
(CNS) and Mike Szabo (Division of Tech- 
nology in Education). 


committed scholars and performers. The 
entire collection is catalogued on a database 
that allows easy access by key word search. 
Any of the pieces can be listened to on-site. 
Recordings cannot be borrowed, but, where 
the contributors permit, copies can be 
dubbed for the cost of materials. Copies of 
the research are also available. 

“This is an invaluable resource for those 
seeking to understand how people use mu- 
sic to connect, express and create commu- 
nity and identity,” said Regula Qureshi, 
Director of the Centre, music professor and 
a major contributor of recordings and re- 
search to the Centre. 

“This can be of tremendous value to 
students and faculty in disciplines in the 
social sciences, humanities, education, and 
fine arts,” she said. “We collaborate across 
campus with students and colleagues from 
different disciplines.” Dr Qureshi is also an 
Adjunct Professor in Anthropology and in 
Comparative Studies in Literature, Film 
and Religion; and she is a member of the 
East Asian Studies Adjunct Council. 

The collection documents the history 
and uniqueness of ethnic and community 
music, but it is more than an archive. The 


Continued on page 2 


Owram appointed 
VP (Academic) 


oug Owram has 

been appointed 
Vice-President (Aca- 
demic) for a five-year 
term effective 1 July 
1995. 

Dr Owram, currently 
an Associate Vice-Presi- 
dent (Academic), will be responsible for 
providing leadership and vision in setting 
the overall academic priorities and direc- 
tion for the University. 

A full story on Dr Owram’s appoint- 
ment will appear in the 19 May Folio. 


Classroom 
upgrading on 
summer agenda 
By Elsa Roehr 


We the end of classes comes a 
chance to upgrade classrooms for 
the fall. 

The Classroom Upgrading/ Instruc- 
tional Facilities Committee wants to hear 
about any improvements you may want to 
see in centrally scheduled classrooms. 

“When something is physically wrong 
in a classroom, it can distract from both 
teaching and learning,” says Dan Pretzlaff, 
Building Trades Superintendent, Physical 
Plant, and Committee Chair. “Summer is a 
perfect time to get things fixed.” 

Among the upgrading projects already 
planned for summer are: security for au- 
diovisual equipment in Physics P126, im- 
provements to second floor classrooms in 
the Humanities Centre, new projection 
screens and changes to light switching in 
the Business Building. 

During the past year, the Classroom 
Upgrading/ Instructional Facilities Com- 
mittee started or completed renovations in 
Administration, V-Wing, Dentistry-Phar- 
macy, Humanities, Arts, Chemical and 
Mineral Engineering, and Education 
South. 

“The committee deals only with cen- 
trally scheduled classrooms,” says 
Pretzlaff. “But Physical Plant wants to 
hear about things that need fixing in any 
classroom.” 

Please send your upgrading requests 
to the Classroom Upgrading/ Instructional 
Facilities Committee, 420 General Services 
Building, or call 492-4261 and ask for Dan 
Pretzlaff or Reg Savard. Audiovisual re- 
quests should be directed to Judi Ross at 
the Technical Resource Group, 492-0151. 


FOLIO 


Volume 32 Number 31 

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Tony Myers 

Elsa Roehr 

Lois Stanford 


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of 


Admin data coming on-line 


By Ted Holdaway 


echnological changes, improved 

databases, and the need for the Uni- 
versity to be more efficient and up to date 
in processing information are combining 
to alter the way in which users access 
University information systems. 

In June 1993, four groups began to 
redevelop the information systems, assess- 
ing potential vendors, and establishing 
hardware requirements: Alumni and Fund 
Development (coordinator: Bing Mah), 
Financial (Ted Holdaway), Human Re- 
sources (Bob Smyth), and Students (Hugh 
King/Brian Silzer). After 18 months of 


President eager to strengthen ties 


with Asian countries 
By Folio staff 


resident Rod Fraser 

leaves today for a three- 
week visit to Japan, Hong 
Kong and Taiwan. 

The objectives of this 
visit are: 

* To further the Univer- 
sity of Alberta’s objectives 
as an international univer- 
sity; 

* To meet people in Ja- t 
pan, Hong Kong and Tai- j 
wan involved in activities, 
offices and institutions asso- 
ciated with the University; 

* To strengthen relationships with our 
partners, alumni and donors; 

* To investigate the opportunities to 
market U of A programs and services. 


Madrigal Singers bound for Germany 


By Folio staff 


hl University of Alberta Madrigal 
Singers, one of the Department of 
Music’s choral ensembles, are making last- 
minute preparations for a two-week tour of 
Germany and Czechoslovakia, 17-31 May. 
The choir is the only North American 
choir to have been invited to compete in 
the Robert Schumann International Choral 
Competition, to be held in Zwickau, 
Germany, 25-28 May. The competition, 
named after the German Romantic com- 
poser who was born in Zwickau, 
centres on performance of 19th- and 20th- 
century music for unaccompanied choirs. 
More than 20 choirs have been selected 
through tape audition, from Sweden, 
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, 


MINI-CONFERENCE 


President:Rod Fraser 


ality and service to users, introduction of 
distributed processing, elimination of du- 
plicate databases, faster data processing, 
and integration of the University’s 
databases. Integration would have been 
easier had one vendor been able to pro- 
vide acceptable software and support for 
the four areas. However, this was not pos- 
sible. An Integration Group is examining 
opportunities to bridge the four compo- 
nent systems. 

To indicate the change in focus from 
system redevelopment and vendor assess- 
ment to implementation, the name Ad- 
ministrative Application Redevelopment 
Initiative (AARI) was changed to Informa- 
tion Systems Implementation Group 
(ISIG). Peter Watts, Associate Vice-Presi- 
dent (Finance and Administration), chairs 
ISIG. ISIG consists of group coordinators 
and the following team leaders who are in 
charge of installation and training: 

¢ Financial Information Retrieval and 
STorage (FIRST): Kellie Marchak (1245) 

¢ Valuable Information for the Track- 
ing of ALumni (VITAL): Troy Steele (5035) 

¢ Student Information System (to be 
named): Mala Beharry (5443) 

¢ Human Resources System (to be 
named): Keith Gardner (2159) — 

* CNS: Ruth Simpson (3884) 

Information can be obtained from 
these team leaders. Training will begin in 
fall 1995 and the first components should 
be operational by December 1995 (VITAL). 

Many benefits are expected once the 
systems are fully implemented and cam- 
pus users have the appropriate hardware 
and training. For example, researchers will 
have on-line access to the status of their 
accounts, students will have on-line access 
to their grades, ordering procedures will 
be simplified, and paper flow will be 
vastly reduced. 

Ted Holdaway is Professor of Educational 
Policy Studies. 


broad consultation and lengthy meetings, 
three different vendors were selected: 
PeopleSoft—Financial, and Human Re- 
sources; SCT Banner Corporation—Stu- 
dents; and Viking Systems Inc—Alumni 
and Fund Development. All applications 
are compatible with the ORACLE soft- 
ware platform. Installation and 
customization of software and consulta- 
tion with users in Faculties and depart- 
ments are now underway. 

The overall goals of this redevelop- 
ment are: improved operational function- 


Dr Fraser will be in Tai- 
wan 8-14 May, Hong Kong 
14-19 May, and Japan 19-28 
May. His schedule includes 
meetings with donors (past, 
present and future), alumni 
branches, academic partner 
institutions, Alberta and 
Canadian government repre- 
sentatives, funding agencies, 
foreign government offices, 
and industry and industry 
representative offices. 

The trip is being coordi- 
nated by Alberta International in close 
cooperation with the Development Office 
and Alumni Affairs. 

Dr Roger Smith will be Acting Presi- 
dent during Dr Fraser’s absence. 


Czechoslovakia and Germany, to compete 
for a total of DM12,000 in prize money. 

As part of its tour, the choir of 31 
singers will also perform in several other 
German cities, including Stuttgart, and in 
Prague. In preparation for the tour, the 
Madrigal Singers will present a pre-tour 
concert Monday, 15 May, at 8 pm at All 
Saints’ Anglican Cathedral. Admission 
is free, with an opportunity given for 
donations in support of the choir’s tour 
expenses. 

The primary sources of funding for the 
tour are the Offices of the VP (Academic) 
and the VP (Research), respectively, the 
Faculty of Arts, the Department of Music, 
and the Emil Skarin Fund. 


-CURRENTS 
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Retirement social for Hugh King 

The Registrar’s Office invites members 
of the University community to a retire- 
ment social for former Associate Registrar 
Hugh King. The reception will be held in 
the Saskatchewan Room of the Faculty 
Club, Friday, 26 May, 4-6 pm. By request, 
contributions toward a gift will be do- 
nated to St Joseph’s College. Please send 
contributions to Susan Gibson, 201 Ad- 
ministration Building, payable to the 
Hugh King Gift Fund. 


New Centre 


Continued from page 1 


Centre is dedicated to promoting collabo- 
rative research between scholars and mu- 
sicians, between the University and the 
local, national and international communi- 
ties. It will develop processes for commu- 
nity-sensitive research, and will contribute 
to the debate, understanding and promo- 
tion of music scholarship. 

The Music Department at the Univer- 
sity of Alberta recognizes that its studies 
in ethnomusicology are possible only 
through community cooperation, input 
and public support. Making the Centre 
available to the public returns that coop- 
eration and support to the people who 
helped make it possible. 

The Centre for Ethnomusicology offi- 


MLA Bettie Hewes (centre), who chaired the Faculty of Arts Visiting Committee, chats with 
committee members Robert Rosen, president and CEO of City Lumber and Millwork, and a 
member of the U of A Board of Governors, and Margaret Osbaldeston, Citizenship Court 
Judge, during their tour of the Timms Centre for the Arts on 20 April. 


UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA oe FOLIO, 5, MAY.,1995 


cially opened on 2 May, with a reception 

of invited guests from the province’s mu- 
sic and ethnic communities, government, 
and education, including the U of A. 


Geddes easily recognizable among University’s torchbearers 


By Ron Thomas 


B road-shouldered and silver-haired, 
and with a stentorian voice and a no- 
nonsense manner, Eric Geddes could have 
played the role of the bank manager who, 
believing in people and knowing potential 
when he sees it, grants the homesteader a 
sizeable loan. In actuality, he did have 
much to do with finance—he was a man- 
aging partner with Price Waterhouse Co— 
and he has always related well to people. 

In Eric Geddes the University of Al- 
berta has for many years been able to rely 
on an individual who always dealt in real- 
ity, but who also appreciated that today’s 
dream could be tomorrow’s revelation. 
He gave direction and advice when he 
chaired the Board of Governors in the late 
‘70s, and he also listened and weighed all 
the options. The same held true in the 
years 1991 to 1995 when he was Senior 
External Advisor, Intellectual Property 
and Contracts Office (now the Industry 
Liaison Office). 

He retired from ILO at the end of 
March, secure in the knowledge that, with 
the arrival of Jim Murray as Director in 
June of last year, the University had the 
services of “the premier practitioner of 
technology transfer in Canada.” 

“Eric is so solid and logical, and he’s a 
great supporter of the University,” Dr 
Murray says. “I’m sorry he won’t be com- 
ing in to the office any more.” 

Dr Geddes’ leading memory of the 
Board was “the extraordinary good will 


and cooperation that existed. It was a 
great pleasure for me to chair that Board 
[from 1975 to ’78]. Everyone was so open 
and up-front.” 

With fiscal restraint settling in and 
competition for top faculty heating up, 

Dr Geddes made it known that he wanted 
Board members who have a sincere com- 
mitment to the University rather than 
people appointed as a kind of community 
honour. He was instrumental in increasing 
the number of Board committees, so that 
all Board work was handled first in the 
smaller committee setting, and he saw to it 
that members moved to other committees 
periodically so that everyone acquired a 
broader experience of the University. 

He had heard “horror stories” about 
students of the late ‘60s and was expecting 
the student representatives on the Board 
to be obstructionist and radical. Not only 
did that not happen, he quickly came to 
value the contributions they made 
throughout his three-year term. He also 
came to empathize with students and their 
continuing problems with tuition fees and 
other costs and accessibility. “I remember 
addressing a student rally on the steps of 
University Hall. It had to do with a $50 
increase in tuition fees, a sum that seems 
so inconsequential today. We’re moving 
towards a US system and we'll see fees 
and allied costs rise significantly because 
of societal pressures. 


Eric Geddes reflects with pleasure on his 50-year association with the University of Alberta. 


“Tm not pessimistic or gloomy about 
the restructuring of the University but I 
am concerned about access to the Univer- 
sity.” 

Dr Geddes predicts that transfer pro- 
grams will become more prevalent and 
there will be far fewer 17-year-old fresh- 
men, as he was in the mid-1940s when he 
began studying for his BCom degree and 
playing Golden Bears basketball. 

The University, he believes, has 
adapted extremely well to the problems of 


the day and it must be mindful of the need 
to respond to societal changes. “We can’t 
fight them [changes] and plead immunity 
from pressures. We have to be resourceful 
and tough-minded and receptive to the 
whole idea of change.” 

From 1990 to 1994, Dr Geddes was 
Chairman of the Board of both the Protein 
Engineering Network of Centres of Excel- 
lence (PENCE) and the Canadian Bacterial 


Continued on page 4 


Vederas’s teaching ability recognized with Rutherford Award 


Students appreciate his use of examples and demonstrations 


By Michael Robb 


H is colleagues in Chemistry know him 
as a very fine researcher. His stu- 
dents, many of whom do not know of his 
reputation as one of this country’s finest 
organic chemists, know him as a very fine 
teacher. And that’s the way John Vederas 
likes it. 

This year’s recipient of the Rutherford 
Award for Excellence in Undergraduate 
Teaching says he enjoys teaching tremen- 
dously. “I feel research keeps my interest 
in teaching alive and vice versa,” says Dr 
Vederas, who also received his Faculty’s 
Excellent Teaching Award in 1993. 

He wasn’t always recognized as a 
good teacher. In fact, he admits his first 
year teaching was a horrible experience. 
When he started out 18 years ago, he 
taught material that was way over the 
heads of his undergraduate students. He 
tried to convey too much information and 
his material was often top-heavy with 
theoretical information. 

Fortunately—for him and his stu- 
dents—Dr Vederas took a hard look at 
what was going wrong. He realized that 
he had to connect the subject, organic 
chemistry, with students’ interests. He 
worked more interesting examples into his 
lectures, began to incorporate analogies 
into his lectures, use more in-class demon- 
strations, and he lightened up on the theo- 
retical discussion. He captured students’ 
attentions. 

Said one Chemistry 160 student, “Dr 
Vederas is the most enthusiastic professor 
I have. His enthusiasm for the topic rubs 
off on me. I always feel that I have learned 
something important and worthwhile 
after his classes.” 

“In order to spark people’s interest, 
the subject has to be made relevant and 
important to everyday life,” Dr Vederas 
explains. And, he points out, teaching is to 
some extent a performance. “People are 
looking at you and making an evalua- 
tion.” 

Dr Vederas’s student evaluations 
speak volumes. They're outstanding. “He 
is an extremely hard act to follow,” says 
colleague Ole Hindsgaul, “and the stu- 


dents in his own section recognize this 
with truly extraordinary ratings of 4.7.” 
Adds Chemistry Chair Byron Kratochvil, 
Dr Vederas’s student evaluations in intro- 
ductory courses to senior graduate courses 
have ranked at or near the top in the 
department in all six categories used by 
the Faculty. 

The Chemistry 160 course, one of the 
University’s “mega courses”, is a required 
course for many students on campus. 
“Thad heard many horror stories about 
Chem 160,” explains another student. 

“Dr Vederas relieved those fears.” 

Like many professors on campus who 
teach large courses, Dr Vederas regrets the 
lack of one-on-one time. Sometimes, in the 
large-class environment, students are in- 
timidated and reluctant to ask questions. 
And some students simply don’t want to 
be there. Those students, forced to enroll 


in University by parents or in response to 
pressures from society, would be better off 
taking a year off, he says. 

“T have a strong affinity with those 
students who try, with those who put 
something of themselves into the work.” 

At the graduate level, he challenges 
students to keep up. “I expect graduate 
students to be fully aware of the frontiers 
of the discipline.” Those expectations are 
common around the Department of Chem- 
istry. “We produce students with PhDs 
who can go anywhere and do anything,” 
says Dr Vederas, who leads a strong and 
creative research group. 

He believes the University must resist 
the temptation to overregulate professors 
in response to the calls for increased ac- 
countability. A free and flexible environ- 
ment allows creative people full expres- 
sion, he adds. 


John Vederas, Professor of Chemistry and a 
recipient of a 1995 Rutherford Award for 
Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. 


From the laboratory bench to the market 


Case study of technology commercialization at the Alberta Microelectronic Centre 


By Michael Robb 


iversifying the Alberta economy has 

been a long-standing goal of its citizens. 
Here's how the University of Alberta and the 
Alberta Microelectronic Centre (AMC) are 
combining forces to do just that. What follows 
is an example of how it can be done. 


What is SIMBAD? 

SIMBAD is a collection of high-tech 
electronics tools used by designers and 
manufacturers to reduce design time and 
increase the reliability of electronic de- 
vices. Developed over the course of about 
10 years by researchers at the University 
and AMC, SIMBAD is used to improve the 
manufacturing processes used to deposit 
thin layers of metal and other materials on 
silicon. 


Who's involved? 

The product was developed by three 
researchers, two at the University of Al- 
berta, Electrical Engineering Professors 
Michael Brett and Steven Dew, and a re- 


searcher at Carleton University, Tom Smy. 
The researchers have worked closely with 
AMC staff and have used AMC’s labora- 
tory facilities. Says AMC President Chris 
Lumb, “We believe that a cooperative 
environment contributes to the creativity 
that generates new products. In turn this 
allows us to identify projects that we can 
directly commercialize. That contributes 
to the province’s economic growth.” 


How’s the project managed? 

In 1993, AMC struck an agreement 
with SIMBAD’s principal developers. 
AMC obtained exclusive marketing rights, 
and in return agreed to pay a royalty on 
sales to the developers and to further de- 
velop the product for commercial sales. 


What's happened so far? 

SIMBAD isn’t a multimillion dollar 
enterprise yet. However, AMC has gener- 
ated revenues of almost half a million 


UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA & FOLIO 5 MAY 1995 


dollars from export sales. Three engineers 
are employed in a new business, working 
as entrepreneurs, using their technology 
training to exploit a business opportunity. 
Strong links have been forged between the 
University and AMC. And the province's 
reputation has been enhanced internation- 
ally, points out Lumb. “There will be more 
international opportunities for Alberta 
industry, researchers and AMC.” 


What's next? 

The software program will be up- 
graded. Its authors are developing the 
next generation of SIMBAD, which will be 
completed in about 18 months. As the 
project grows, there are two possible alter- 
natives, explains Lumb. First, SIMBAD 
could be spun off from AMC and estab- 
lished as a separate company. Or, AMC 
staff could continue to work collabora- 
tively with SIMBAD’s creators on related 
technologies. 


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Support staff profile 


Steve Melnyk: maintaining a safe working environment 


By Dinah Gray 


Mee of us arrive in our office build- 
ings and greet our colleagues at the 
beginning of our working day. On the days 
when Steve Melnyk arrives early at the 
Ministik Field Station, 35 km south and 
east of campus, he is often greeted by a 
large owl that swoops down in front of his 
truck as he drives through the property. “It 
is a startling reminder that I am working in 
a very open and beautiful landscape, 
where surprises and changes are part of 
the daily routine.” 

Melnyk is responsible for the safe 
working environment available to the De- 
partment of Agriculture, Food and Nutri- 
tional Science’s staff and students at both 
the Metabolic Unit of the Edmonton Re- 
search Station and the Ministik Field Sta- 
tion. 

Travelling between facilities from his 
home base at the Metabolic Research Sta- 
tion means Melnyk spends many hours on 
the secondary roads in the area. He tries to 
plan ahead so he can use his time effec- 
tively but he admits circumstances beyond 


Leading analytical chemist to deliver Boomer 


By Folio staff 


he 1995 Boomer Lectures, sponsored 

by the Department of Chemistry, will 
be given by Catherine Fenselau of the Uni- 
versity of Maryland Baltimore County dur- 
ing the week of 15 May. 

Dr Fenselau, who chairs the Chemistry 
and Biochemistry Department at UMBC, 
has been a pioneer and leader in the devel- 
opment and application of mass spectro- 
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An ongoing theme of instrument and 
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his control, such as the weather, often 
change his schedule. When trees fall on 
fences or block roads, he must clear the 
way before any other work can be done. 

Other apects of his work include coordi- 
nating the schedules of all the staff and 
students who use both facilities and mak- 
ing sure all supplies and paperwork are in 
order. 

Melnyk has always been involved with 
agriculture: He grew up in a farming com- 
munity near Stettler and received his BSc in 
Agriculture from the U of A in 1976. He 
couldn’t imagine working in an office and 
when a job opening in the Faculty of Agri- 
culture was posted during the summer of 
that year he knew it was the kind of work 
he was looking for. 

When Melnyk looks back over his 19 
years with the Faculty, he points to the in- 
augural Louis D Hyndman Sr Technician’s 
Award received last November by the team 
he works with as a highlight of his career. 
He says he appreciates the opportunities he 
has been given to learn and grow. When he 


analysis of heavier molecules, “middle mol- 
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the 1980s and full-blown biopolymers 
through the 1990s. She is now studying 
covalent sequestration of pharmaceutical 
agents by endogenous proteins and devel- 
oping analytical methods for protein-based 
drugs. 

Dr Fenselau received her AB from Bryn 
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looks around him at the rolling hills and 
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he also appreciates that he has one of the 
most beautiful offices at the University. 


Lectures 


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This year’s Boomer lecturer is past 
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Mass Spectrometry, and a member of the 
American Chemical Society. 

The 1995 Lectures (please see “Talks”, 
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inaugurated in 1958 to recognize the con- 
tributions of Professor EH Boomer, who 
was associated with the department from 
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Diseases Network (CBDN). He shouldered 
those responsibilities, he says, because he 
knew the work of the two networks was 
important to the University and to local 
companies like Synthetic Peptides and 
SynPhar Laboratories that are associated 
with the networks. 

At the end of the first four years of the 
networks’ operations, PENCE placed first 
and CBDN second in the national 
rankings of the 14 Networks of Centres of 
Excellence. As a result, PENCE’s adminis- 
trative headquarters were relocated here 
from UBC. “I’m not a scientist,” Dr 
Geddes quickly points out. “They [scien- 
tists] made the difference, but I think I 
played a meaningful role.” 

His forte as Senior Advisor in the In- 
dustry Liaison Office was working with 
small and start-up companies. He acted as 
a mentor to researchers and (then) bud- 
ding businessmen like Peter Pang (Physi- 
ology), whose company, CV Technologies, 
is developing antihypertensives, and 
Larry Wang (Zoology), the inventor of the 
Canadian Cold Buster Bar (recently re- 
named the Access bar because its special 
carbohydrate formula is suited for exercise 
in any season). The initial problems with 
the bar, he remembers, were determining 
what the best marketing channels were 
and being sure that claims such as “en- 
hances metabolism” could be backed up. 

Former U of A President Myer 
Horowitz says it’s been his good fortune 
to have known Dr Geddes for more than 
20 years. “I was Vice-President (Aca- 
demic) when he was Chairman of the U of 
A Board; I was a trustee, for 10 years, of 
AHFMR while he was Chairman. Perhaps 
I came to know him best during 1982-83 
when he served as chairman of the finan- 
cial campaign which we had in conjunc- 
tion with our 75th anniversary. 

“We travelled together, in our 
attempt to raise funds, to several 

laces including Calgary, Toronto and 
NIGRELD TH Ry EW EAS Laan 
was very successful and Eric deserves 
considerable credit. Over and over 
again I observed that Eric was very 
highly respected by people whom we 
met. Many reacted favourably to our 
appeal because they respected Eric 
and so valued the activity with which 
he was identified. 

“Several times we were assured in 
the office of a president or vice-presi- 
dent of a contribution of a particular 
size. Following our visit I was in- 
formed that the donation would be 
somewhat greater than was first indi- 
cated. No doubt our visit had a posi- 
tive effect.” 

Dr Horowitz points out that the 
75th Anniversary Campaign was im- 
portant for the funds that were raised 
at that time but also for setting the 
stage for fundraising that followed 
1982-83. 

Eric Geddes was awarded an hon- 
orary LLD by this University in 1980, 
and he’s a holder of the Alumni 
Golden Jubilee Award (1984) and the 
Faculty of Business Distinguished 
Alumnus Award (1986). In 1990 he 
received the Outstanding Contribution 
Award to Science, ASTech. 

His daughter, Elaine, a graduate of 
the University’s Law School, carries 
on the family name as Associate Dean 
(Undergraduate Programs) in the Fac- 
ulty of Business. And one of four Busi- 
ness professorships endowed by phi- 
lanthropist Francis Winspear is named 
in honour of Dr Geddes. 

This is not to say that the man 
himself won't be on campus. Far from 
it. “One never cuts themself off en- 
tirely from something that’s been an 
important part of their life. Plus the 
Board has given me a lifetime parking 
pass and I live nearby. 

“Y’ll continue to be involved, one 
way or another.” 


EXENSSES ‘Real World Computing’ 


By Randy Goebel 


here may be 

many places 
where the phrase 
“information high- 
way” isn’t heard, 
but I haven’t been to 
any of them lately. 
The Germans speak 
of the “infobahn.” In 
Canada, the media is 
not sprinkled but 
infected with talk of 
an inflated data roadway referred to as the 
Information “Super” Highway. Whatever 
else it might mean, it is certain that the 
public is poised for more than $9.95 pay- 
per-view on cable television. 

Meanwhile, back at the laboratory, 
Japan’s Ministry of International Trade 
and Industry (MITI) has been convinced 
to fund yet another long range research 
project. The Real World Computing Program 
(RWC) has been set up as a special part- 
nership, with the managerial and research 
participation of several international part- 
ners, including Germany, Sweden, Hol- 
land, and the United States. Projected ex- 
penditure is estimated at 600-700 billion 


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Randy Goebel 


yen, which is a big number in any cur- 
rency. When someone—anyone—spends 
that much money it’s natural for one with 
identifiable interest to ask what is being 
done, and how one can benefit. 

But we started off this article with the 
information super highway, and then 
shifted to Japan’s spending on technology. 
Where's the connection? One way to un- 
derstand the connection is this: Real 
World Computing is a program which 
will attempt to exploit the best available 
technology, including the development of 
new computing methods, to be focused on 
the development of information systems 
for providing naive users with common- 
sense access to the world of information— 
in a phrase, “vehicles for humans on the 
information super highway.” 

As in most large and complex projects, 
there are many ways to perceive its moti- 
vation, goals, and benefits. Some have 
suggested that RWC is simply a way of 
creating positions for senior government 
technical bureaucrats. Others have de- 
scribed it as a followup to the recently 
completed Fifth Generation Computer 
Systems project. Still others have per- 


ceived it as another phase in advanced 
digital electronics. 

Well, in fact there is some confusion 
about what the RWC program is, as is 
obvious from the reactions around the 
globe. A previous Japanese 10-year 
project, The Fifth Generation Computer 
Systems project, evoked a relatively dra- 
matic and swift world response, which 
resulted in new collaborative efforts in 
both Europe and the United States. The 
RWC program has produced a much less 
dramatic response. For example, the only 
United States participation is in the area of 
optical computing; the Canadian response 
is wholly within character: polite apathy, 
moderated by a government-commis- 
sioned study which has missed the 
“infobahn” connection. 

The confusion and resulting misinter- 
pretation is not surprising, for it exists 
even at the source of the program. Having 
been formed by a kind of forced (or at 
least “unique”) marriage of research cul- 
ture and government-sponsored industrial 
culture, RWC is understandably an eclec- 
tic mixture of “blue sky” and “bottom 
line.” In Canada, similar characteristics 


Campus Computing Symposium ready to ‘put the byte on you’ 


By Folio staff 


t follows that a four-day symposium 

with the words “The World” in its title 
will be ambitious. “Campus Computing 
Symposium 1995—The World at Your 
Desktop” is that, in spades. 

To begin with, it’s actually two confer- 
ences in one: a Focus on Business confer- 
ence, 12 June, and the computing sympo- 
sium proper, 13-16 June, both in the Tory 
Lecture Theatre complex. The sponsor, 
Computing and Network Services (CNS), 
thus deals with the needs and queries of 


the business and education communities™*** 


in one fell swoop. 

As the organizers, whose number in- 
cludes some wordsmiths, put it: “Whether 
you're a novice network navigator, a 
Webmaster technofreak, or somewhere in 
between, we’ve lined up [more than 30] 
symposium sessions that will help you 
become a full-fledged CyberCitizen in 
both the business and educational arenas.” 

Of the symposium itself, organizers 
say, “If you’re a member of the campus 
community, you won't want to miss these 
four days as we will be talking about your 
future on the Net!” 

Jim Carroll, co-author of Canadian 
Internet Handbook, and Ian Graham, author 
of The HTML Sourcebook, a manual for 
getting up to speed on the World Wide 
Web, are guest speakers for Focus on Busi- 
ness. Among the individual sessions are 
an Introduction to the Internet, Making 
Money on the Internet, Education in the 


21st Century, and Web Pages - Advertis- 
ing Your Business. 

The business portion concludes with 
Martha Piper, Vice-President (Research), 
and Jim Murray, Director, Industry Liai- 
son Office, speaking on university and 
industry partnerships. 

The symposium opens with a double 
keynote address by President Rod Fraser 
(“The Evolution of Education and Tech- 
nology”) and. Rick Broadhead, co-author 
of Canadian Internet Handbook (“Exploiting 
the Internet”). In the:session Educational 
Uses of the Internet, Terry Anderson (Al- 
ternative Delivery Initiative) and Werner 
Joerg (Electrical Engineering) will discuss 
teaching and learning on the Internet, and 
there will be an overview and live demon- 
stration of a computer-assisted instruction 
course developed by the Centre for Tech- 
nology in Education. 

In Our Corner of the World, tour 
guides George Carmichael (CNS Network 
Resources), Rob Lake (Computing Sci- 
ence) and Brent Poohkay (Law) will over- 
see a Web crawl, and Grant Crawford 
(CNS Service Operations) will talk about 
netiquette and ethical computing. 

As part of the Tools and Techniques 
session, U of A Web page developers will 
guide symposium participants through 
the creation of their own Web presence. 
There will also be an introduction to ob- 
ject-oriented programming, and a trio of 
local area network administrators in three 


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Sealing the deal: Rosemary Campbell, IBM’s National Education Manager for Canada, 
congratulates Dean Harvey Zingle of the Faculty of Education on the donation of multimedia 
equipment which had been provided to the Faculty for the development of interactive 
learning materials. The event was part of a review of progress in the Jean Talon project. Talon 
project principals Sharon Jamieson and David Mappin witness the symbolic handshake. This 
donation represents an evolving relationship between IBM and the Faculty of Education to 
explore aspects of the design and use of computer-based media in education. 


different environments will discuss the 
challenges they face every week that are 
not in the manual. 

The remaining streams are Advanced 
Technical Topics, which includes Ad- 
vanced Web Topics and Security in a Hos- 
tile Environment, and Campus Comput- 
ing Services, which includes CNS Distrib- 
uted Services Architecture Strategy and 
which concludes with CNS Director Will 
English speaking on the organizational 
development of that unit and on alterna- 
tive delivery strategies. , 

More information on the symposium 
is only a phone call (492-9370) or an E- 
mail (Symposium95@ualberta.ca) enquiry 
away. Registration can be carried out via 
Web page: http:/ / www.ualberta.ca/SYM- 
POSIUM/ 


have been displayed by the private 
precompetitive consortium PRECARN, Inc 
and its sister research organization, the 
Networks of Centres of Excellence-funded 
Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Sys- 
tems (IRIS). 

In the case of the RWC partnership, one 
apparent confusion is about the respective 
roles of various hardware and software 
technologies. This confusion stems from a 
more fundamental problem. To illustrate, 
consider the difference between a “device” 
and a “product,” as distinguished by Bill 
Davidow. Davidow participated in the 
creation of the first Intel microprocessor, 
and his analysis of its early success sug- 
gests that competitor Motorola's technically 
superior device was inferior as a product. 
The concept of a product includes those 
other aspects that make a device work for 
a customer: documentation, development 
support, distribution, and training. 

In the case of RWC, many, including 
Americans and Canadians, have mistakenly 
identified the goals of RWC with its ad- 
vanced hardware. The reasoning seems to 
be that the devices of optical and massively 
parallel computers hold more interest be- 
cause they are devices, which naively sug- 
gests they are the basis of the ultimate RWC 
product. 

This is both wrong and dangerous. To 
elaborate, the product of RWC is intimately 
related to the information superhighway — 
to the socially and economically successful 
deployment of the information super- 
highway. 

By this point you’re probably wonder- 
ing what that product is. So is RWC and 
everyone watching them. At this point, we 
can only speculate on what the product (or 
perhaps suite of related products might be), 
but we can certainly suggest that they will 
be related to RWC chief scientist Nobuyuki 
Otsu’s concept of “soft logic.” 

Therein lies the rub—the source of the 
confusion and misperception. To under- 
stand soft logic requires one to have a vision 
of a “grand challenge” of computing, and 
to understand that the motivation for soft 
logic is to create a basis for mounting an 
attack on that grand challenge. 

Randy Goebel is Professor and Associate 
Chair of the Department of Computing Science. 


Business co-hosts Western Canada/ 


Mexico conference 


Theme is ins and outs of business partnerships 


By Sandra Halme 


pportunties is a word which one 

finds frequently in the conference 
program for “Western Canada/ Mexico - 
Building Business Partnerships”. Accord- 
ing to the organizers of the conference, 
now is the time to get into the Mexican 
market. 

The conference, to be held 1 and 2 June 
in Banff, will demonstrate how people can 
get into the Mexican business world 
through valuable insights and business 
tips from experts on both sides of the bor- 
der. For instance, it will give potential 
business investors and partners an oppor- 
tunity to explore such aspects as Infra- 
structure Financing in Mexico: Opportuni- 
ties for Canadian Business; Legal and Tax 
Considerations: Maximizing the Opportu- 
nities; and Intelligence Gathering in the 
Mexican Marketplace. 

Ted Chambers, Director of the Centre 
for International Business Studies in the 
Faculty of Business, conference co-host 
along with the Instituto Technologico 
Autonomo De Mexico (ITAM), says those 
attending the conference will have access 
to the best and broadest-ranging expertise 
on the key issues related to investment in, 
or expansion to, Mexico. 

“Participants can be assured of a qual- 
ity focus on crucial issues,” such as legal 


and financial structuring and strategic 
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UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA & FOLIO. 5 MAY 1995 


alternatives,” Dr Chambers says. The key, 
he adds, will be the highlighting of trade 
and business opportunties between west- 
ern Canada and Mexican businesses. “This 
will be an excellent opportunity for people 
to evaluate the potential for joint ventures 
with Mexican companies.” 

Dr Chambers notes that this will also 
be an ideal time for businesspeople to 
network with Mexican government offi- 
cials, businesspeople and academics. 
Among those scheduled to attend are: 
the Mexican Ambassador to Canada; the 
Canadian Ambassador to Mexico; the 
Mexican Minister of Trade; the Rector of 
ITAM; and Mexican venture capitalists. 

Conference participants will be wel- 
comed the evening of 31 May by the 
Honorable Murray Smith, Alberta Minis- 
ter Responsible for Alberta Economic De- 
velopment and Trade. The conference will 
open on 1 June with a breakfast address 
by the Honorable Lloyd Axworthy, fed- 
eral Minister for Western Economic Diver- 
sification Canada. Remarks by Brian 
MacNeill, president and CEO of IPL En- 
ergy Inc, will follow. As well, the Right 
Honorable Joe Clark, former Prime Minis- 
ter, will address the final day breakfast 
meeting. 

For more information on the confer- 
ence, call 492-2235. 


Graduate Student Teaching Award winners 


he Deans, in consultation with their 

Faculty’s staff and students, have se- 
lected 36 teaching assistants as the recipi- 
ents of the University of Alberta Graduate 
Student Teaching Awards. The awards are 
given annually by the GFC Committee for 
the Improvement of Teaching and Learn- 
ing (CITL). 

University Teaching Services adminis- 
ters the nomination and granting proce- 
dures. 

Awarded to students who show com- 
mitment to their work and a superior com- 
mand of the subject matter, the honour 
recognizes those outstanding TAs who are 
able to read the needs of their students. 

Recipients of the award received a 
certificate and a letter suitable for their 
teaching dossier, signed by President and 
Vice-Chancellor Dr Roderick D Fraser and 
Bente Roed, Director of University Teach- 
ing Services. 


1995 GSTA RECIPIENTS 


Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home 
Economics 


Maria Mayan, Department of Human 
Ecology 


Faculty of Arts 

Xinjie Cui, Department of Psychology 

Erin Haid, Department of Drama 
Mary-Beth Wolicky, Department of English 


Faculty of Business 
Greg Berry 


Faculty of Education 


Joanne Bardak, Department of Educational 


Psychology 

David Calhoon, Department of Elementary 
Education 

Ingrid Johnston, Department of Secondary 
Education 

Kathy Sanford-Smith, Department of 
Secondary Education 


Faculty of Engineering 
Andy Jenkins, Department of Chemical 


Engineering 

Bill Peck, Department of Mechanical 
Engineering 

Dana L Turner, Department of Mining, 
Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineering 


Faculty of Medicine 
Kerry Lynn Hull, Department of 
Physiology 


Faculty of Nursing 
Maria Golberg 


Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical 
Sciences 


Keith Anderson 


Faculty of Physical Education and 
Recreation 


Donna Goodwin 
Shannon Herter 


Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine 


Debbie Hall-Lavoie 


Faculty of Science 
Yoram Apelblat, Chemistry 


Solweig Balzer, Geology 

Mark Barling, Geography 

David Barnett, Chemistry 

Charles Carter, Chemistry 

Sean M Drake, Psychology 

Richard Evoy, Geology” 

David Hansen, Biological Sciences 
Shaun C Hendy, Physics 

Allen W Herman, Mathematical Sciences 
Kristine Justus, Biological Sciences 
Robert Mullen, Biological Sciences 
Stephane Nechtschein, Physics 
Norman Neumann, Biological Sciences 
Alejandra Premat, Mathematical Sciences 
Nicole Trepanier, Biological Sciences 
Philip Wickens, Chemistry 

David Woloschuk, Computing Science 


University celebrates outstanding contributions of graduate students 
Elementary Education Professor Grace Malicky receives GSA Outstanding Academic Award 


By Michael Robb 


| t was a night to celebrate the contribu- 
tions graduate students make to the 
teaching and research conducted at the 
University of Alberta. And the Graduate 
Student Awards Night, 1 May, was also a 
night to honour faculty and community 
members who support those graduate 
students. 

The event was sponsored by the 
Graduate Students’ Association and the 
Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. 

This year’s recipients of the Andrew 
Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize, 


awarded for excellence in research at the 
doctoral level, are: 

* John Amis, Physical Education and 
Recreation 


Istvan Berkeley, Philosophy 


Brian Cherwick, Modern Languages and 
Comparative Studies 


Reuben Harris, Biological Sciences 
Ingrid Johnston, Secondary Education 
Gregory Kennedy, History and Classics 


John Klassen, Chemistry 
David Lamb, Physics 


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Loralie Langman, Laboratory Medicine and 
Pathology 


Sharon Morsink, Physics 


Lisa Olenik, Physical Education and 
Recreation 


Rauno Parrila, Educational Psychology 


Lilianna Rossi, Modern Languages and 
Comparative Studies 


Stefan Scott, Electrical Engineering 
Shirleen Smith, Anthropology 
Wee-Kee Tang, Mathematical Sciences 
Zongli Tang, Sociology 


Karen Wall, Physical 
Education and Recreation 


Zhanping Xu, Chemical 
Engineering 
Yan-Ni Zhang, Chemistry 


The GSA Prize for 
Graduate Student Teach- 
ing was awarded to 
Maria Golberg, Nursing; 
Donna Goodwin, Physical 
Education and Recrea- 
tion; Erin Haid, Drama; 
and Allen Herman, Math- 
ematical Sciences. 

The Jack and Zeta 
Rosen Family Prize for 
Graduate Student Teach- 
ing, awarded to the top- 
ranked candidate for the 
GSA Prize for Graduate 


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Student Teaching, was awarded to Bio- 
logical Sciences student Norman 
Neumann. 

The Faculty of Business Volunteer 
Recognition Award, awarded to a student 
enrolled in the Master of Business Admin- 
istration program who has contributed to 
the community through outstanding vol- 
unteer work, was presented to John 
Landry. The University of Alberta Library 
Professional Development Award, given 
in recognition of the outstanding profes- 
sional and academic achievements of a 
student enrolled in the Master of Library 
and Information Studies program, was 
presented to Gale Mazure. 

The GSA Graduate Student Service 
Award was presented to Steven Karp, for 
his outstanding volunteer services to 
graduate students and to the University. 
The GSA Outstanding Non-Academic 
Staff Award was presented to Lynn Van 
Reede (Sociology) for her extraordinary 
assistance to graduate students. 

Grace Malicky (Elementary Education) 
was awarded the GSA Outstanding Aca- 
demic Award. for her outstanding teach- 
ing, supervision, advocacy and assistance 
offered to graduate students. And the 
GSA Distinguished Benefactor Award was 
presented to Stan Milner, former Board of 
Governors Chair, for his significant contri- 
butions of time, effort and funding which 
have been of assistance to graduate stu- 
dents. 


U of A key player in Russia-Canada collaborative federalism project 


Economists, political scientists explaining fiscal federalism to Russian students 


By Michael Robb 


Ce fiscal federalism has its critics, 
to be sure. But it also has its admirers, 
six of whom are senior Russian officials 
who recently visited the University of 
Alberta to take a crash course. 


RUSSIAN PARTICIPANTS 
Leonid Kosopanov, 39 
Head of Department of Finance, Adminis- 
tration of Kostroma Oblast 
Lyudmila Lykova, 34 
Chief expert, Centre for Social and Eco- 
nomic Issues of Federalism, Institute of the 
Economy, Russian Academy of Science 
Nikolai Khudykh, 46 
First Deputy of the Head of the Depart- 
ment of Economy, « Administration of 
Krasnoyarsk Region 


Victor Boychenko, 53 
_ Deputy Head of Department, Department 
of Structural Holey, Ministry a the 
Economy 
Adilia Konoval, 35. 
_ Head of Department of Territorial Budgets, 
_ Committee for Economy and Finances, 
Mayor’ 5 Office, St. Petersburg . 
Konstantin Sibiryakov, 33. _. 
: Consultant n financial problems, taxes _ 
ior of yee 


The Russians were here to study the 
workings of fiscal federalism with some of 
this University’s—and Canada’s—most 
respected economists and political scien- 
tists, many of whom are well known for 
their work in the area. 

“It’s no accident that they came to the 
University of Alberta,” says co-host Paul 
Boothe (Economics). “This is one of the 
leading places in Canada to study fiscal 
federalism,” he says, noting that the West- 
ern Centre for Economic Research has a 
well-established reputation in the area. 

The six Russian students arrived in 
Ottawa in late February, where they were 
briefed by federal officials, practicum hosts 
and instructors. They then began a week- 
long series of courses at the U of A with 
economists and political scientists, learning 
about the theoretical underpinnings of fis- 
cal federalism and examining Canadian 
case studies. 

The students then travelled in pairs to 
practicum sites in Victoria, Regina and Ot- 
tawa where they gained first-hand experi- 
ence in the fiscal environment. They met 
with finance/treasury officials and with 
specialists in intergovernmental affairs. 

They then returned to Edmonton, 
where they discussed what they had 
learned in the provincial and federal envi- 


ronments. In the latter part of that 
week, they began to prepare papers 
discussing the application of their 
knowledge of the Canadian experi- 
ence to some of the problems facing 
the Russian federation. 

Later this month, the students 
will present that work on fiscal fed- 
eralism to their Russian federation 
counterparts, ata conference in 
Kareliya. They'll be joined by the 
conference advisors, who will act as 
resource people. One of the objec- 
tives of that conference, says Dr 
Boothe, is to come away with con- 
crete plans for trying to develop 
fiscal federalism in Russia. “We're 
not trying to graft the Canadian 
system on to the Russian system,” 
he says, but it’s likely the Russians 
will adopt some form of federalism. 

The project was organized by the 
provincial government's Federal 
and Intergovernmental Affairs De- 
partment, the Federal Department 
of Foreign Affairs and International 
Trade and the Western Centre for 
Economic Research, in response to an 
agreement reached in Vancouver by then- 
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Rus- 
sian President Boris Yeltsin. 


U of A expertise used by Ukrainian university 


to establish career and job centre 
CaPS Director Wendy Coffin assists University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy 


By Michael Robb 


University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy 


t’s not easy for universities accustomed 
to operating within totalitarian regimes 
to make the transition from a state-con- 
trolled political environment to a demo- 
cratic, free market environment. In the 
more open, post-Soviet Union environ- 
ment, many Ukrainian academics have 
focused their attentions on curriculum 
changes. What will we teach? How will 
we teach it? Who will teach it? 

But while Ukrainian academics have 
had to come to grips with the questions 
related to curriculum, they’ve also had to 
increasingly turn their attention to more 


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functional ones. How will we fund our 
institutions? How will we recruit stu- 
dents? What kind of support services do 
we need? 

The University of Kiev-Mohyla Acad- 
emy recently turned to the University of 
Alberta’s Career and Placement Services 
Director, Wendy Coffin, to help establish 
its career and job centre. With federal 
funding assistance from the Canada 
Ukraine Partners Program (CUPP), Coffin 
recently travelled to Kiev for five weeks. 

“Nothing existed before I arrived,” 
explains Coffin. So, with local assistance, 
the office was set up on campus. The nuts 
and bolts were put in place: filing systems, 
job postings, lists of publications, policies 
and procedures and record keeping. Two 
people were hired to operate the centre, 
and an advisory committee was estab- 
lished for the centre. 

“| think I succeeded in getting the uni- 
versity to understand what a career centre 
is, how it supports the university and how 
it maintains links with employers,” Coffin 
says. She also spoke with students and 
met with employers. 

There is a much more profound 
change that must take place, she explains. 
Students have to come to grips with two 
ideas: employers now have choices, and 
potential employees now have to compete 


for jobs. Coffin says some of the younger 
students seem to be prepared to do the 
latter. Older students want to believe it 
will work. 

The U of A-Mohyla Academy relation- 
ship didn’t end with Coffin’s return. She 
will continue to maintain contacts with the 
newly established career centre by fax and 
the Internet. Coffin has also asked career 
centres around this continent to lend as- 
sistance with supplies and services. Mean- 
time, Grant MacEwan Community College 
will play host to four Ukrainian students 
in May and June. One of those students 
will work in the U of A’s CaPS centre. 

The CUPP is expected to place 160 
Canadian volunteers in Ukraine and bring 
40 Ukrainian volunteers to Canada for on- 
the-job training. 


Paul Boothe, Professor of Economics 


The project will have short- and long- 
term benefits. Canada and Russia will 
learn from one another; formal and infor- 
mal links will be established. The Univer- 
sity’s reputation as a centre of excellence 
for research on fiscal federalism will be 
enhanced. Longer term research collabora- 
tions will be established. And new areas of 
research wiil likely emerge. 

“It certainly is an opportunity for our 
people to see our own country through 
their eyes,” explains Dr Boothe. “We tend 
to focus on the things we want to change 
and forget that we have one of the best 
systems in the world. There’s a lesson for 
Canada: wake up and realize how well 
this works. Our ability to continually 
make changes and find new ways of 
adapting are strengths of the system.” 

It’s not enough simply to implement 
fiscal federal structures. The changes will 
have to be deeper and more culturally 
significant. For example, one Russian stu- 
dent asked a profound question: Why 
would anyone want to willingly pay 
taxes? 

“The challenges they face are stagger- 
ing,” says Dr Boothe. However, he points 
out that Russia has a well-educated popu- 
lation and a strong desire to make things 
work. Senior public servants are also 
young and committed. 

“You have to be optimistic.” 


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Civil Engineering Professor receives 
CSA’s most prestigious award 


Laurie Kennedy developed standards at national and 


international level 
By Folio staff 


Or of this country’s most respected 
civil engineering academics, Univer- 
sity of Alberta Professor Emeritus Laurie 
Kennedy, is one of two recipients of the 
1995 John Jenkins Award. 

The Canadian Standards Association 
award is the most prestigious, and has 
been awarded to only 11 people in the last 
16 years. It is awarded by the CSA to rec- 
ognize people who have fostered the de- 
velopment and advancement of standards 


Rural economy in flux 
By Folio staff 


he countryside is being turned upside 

down these days, observes LP (Peter) 
Apedaile, a Professor of Rural Economy 
and a 1994-95 McCalla Research Professor. 

The rural economy, he notes, is re- 
structuring rapidly, as agriculture and 
other natural resource industries industri- 
alize. “Concern,” he says, “grows steadily 
about the uncompensated effects of the 
changes on the environment, and upon 
households, rural communities and re- 
gional development.” 

Dr Apedaile wants to slow, if not halt, 
the spreading of these problems by apply- 
ing science to complexity using what is 
called ‘complex dynamical systems 
theory’. The approach, which is a fresh 
one, draws upon differential equation 
models and bifurcation theory from math- 
ematics, predator prey theory from ecol- 
ogy, human behaviour theories from soci- 
ology, trade and development theory from 


SSHRC 

fellowships 
awarded to 
two U of A 


researchers 
By Michael Robb 


wo researchers working 

at the University of 
Alberta will receive Social 
Sciences and Humanities 
Research Council of Canada 
postdoctoral fellowships. 

Martha Taylor (Educa- 
tion) and Walter Vanast (His- 
tory) are two of 110 of the 
country’s most promising 
new scholars. The recipients 
have earned their doctorates 
in the past three years and 
will undertake full-time re- 
search work at universities or 
research institutions over the 
next two years. 

Five other Albertans were 
awarded the prestigious 
awards. Andrew Carnie (Lin- 
guistics) will study at the 
University of California at 
Santa Cruz; Daniel Coleman 
(English Canadian Literature) 
will study at the University of 
Manitoba; Debra Jensen (Reli- 
gious Studies) will study at 
the University of Calgary; 
Kevin Sauvé (Philosophy) 
will study at New York; and 
Joseph Zizek (History) will 
study at Stanford University. 

Fellowship recipients are 
selected by juries of special- 
ists. There were 689 appli- 
cants in this year’s awards 
competition. About one in six 
were granted a fellowship 
valued at $27,984 per annum. 


at the national and international level. 

Professor Emeritus Kennedy's associa- 
tion with the CSA began in 1962. He was 
instrumental in the development of the last 
working stress design standard for steel 
structures in Canada and has been involved 
over the years with the American Society of 
Civil Engineers and the International Stand- 
ards Association’s committee work. 

Since his retirement in 1994, he has re- 
mained active in his profession. 


economics and theories of strange attractors 
from chaos theory. 

“T work with a small group of talented 
people at the University of Alberta, at the 
Institut National de Recherche Agronomique 
in Montpelier, France and at Southwestern 
Agricultural University in Chongqing, 
China, Dr Apedaile says. “The 
pluridisciplinary aspect of our research is 
facilitated by the ‘Agricultural and Rural 
Restructuring Research Network’ funded by 
the Social Sciences and Humanities Research 
Council.” 

He describes his McCalla Professorship 
as “an exciting opportunity to draw out 
more intuition and confront it with analysis 
and data. 

“The work has grown from unfocused 
beginnings during an assignment in Nepal, 
during 1978-80, to an enterprise regularly 
inspiring new insight and understanding on 
farm incomes, government policy, sustain- 
able agriculture and rural trade and develop- 
ment strategy.” 


What’s an 
Advance 
Directive 
and why 
do I need 


one? 


UNIVERSITY, QF ALBERTA 


Library and Information Studies student 
wins American Library Association award 


By Folio staff 


student in the School of Library and 

Information Studies at this University 
is this year’s recipient of the Reference and 
Adult Services Division Business Refer- 
ence and Services Section (BRASS) Disclo- 
sure Student Travel Award. 

Tracy Turnbull has been awarded 
$1,000, donated: by Disclosure Inc. The 
award enables Turnbull to attend an 
American Library Association Annual 
Conference. 

“Tracy has demonstrated a strong in- 
terest in a career as a business librarian,” 


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But I have already 
told my children how I feel. 


In Alberta, an Advance Directive must be in writing. 


Anne de Villars acts for families in Garneau and Old Strathcona. 
She helps clients get their affairs in order by preparing wills, enduring powers of attorney, 
advance directives, trust deeds, and dependent adult applications. 
Anne also does estate administration and estate dispute resolution, 
including litigation if necessary. 


Anne has extensive experience in trust law. As counsel for the Alberta Law Reform Institute, 
she revised the rules of practice for the administration of estates and helped draft a 
plain language will precedent for Alberta law firms. 


de Villars Jones 


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8540 - 109 Street, Edmonton 
Tel: (403) 433-9000 
NEAR THE UNIVERSITY 


FOLIOS sMAY 1995 ,, 


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Sponsored by 
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University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H4 

Fax 403 - 492- 2689 


An Advance Directive (sometimes called a living will) 
is the document that gives directions in advance about 
what you want done — or not done — if you become 

unable to make decisions for yourself. 


If you have ever thought about the kind of treatment 
you would want if you were seriously ill or injured and 
could not communicate, you need an Advance Directive. 


Is it just like a 
power of attorney then? 
No. The person you appoint makes decisions about your person, 


not your property. Health care decisions are among 
the most important. 


says Judy Wiza, chair of the BRASS disclo- 
sure student travel award committee. 
Turnbull worked as a reference assistant 
at the University until December 1994, and 
served as volunteer marketing co-chair for 
the Edmonton Freenet. She won a nation- 
wide competition for a coop student posi- 
tion at the Information Resource Centre of 
Bell Northern Research, Ottawa, and is a 
recipient of the Sarah Rebecca Reed Memo- 
rial Scholarship for outstanding perform- 
ance in the first year of the master’s pro- 
gram in Library and Information Studies. 


University-Industry collaboration for life-saving drug therapy 


By Judy Goldsand 


he research Randall Yatscoff is doing 

will make a critical difference in the 
lives of transplant patients. He leads a 
research team working to develop a faster, 
more effective method of monitoring the 
immunosuppressive drug, cyclosporine. 

Dr Yatscoff, who is Professor of Labo- 
ratory Medicine and Director of Medical 
Biochemistry at the University of Alberta 
Hospitals, is conducting this research in 
collaboration with Ciba Corning Diagnos- 
tics Corporation. Ciba Corning, a leading 
manufacturer and worldwide supplier of 
medical diagnostic products, is investing 
more than $420,000 to find a better 
method of monitoring cyclosporine 
therapy in order to determine a dosage 
that would give an individual maximum 
effectiveness with minimal side effects. 

An organ transplant gives some fortu- 
nate people a new lease on life. However, 
their capability of carrying on a produc- 
tive quality of life depends upon the 
body’s ability to keep the organ function- 
ing well. All transplant recipients must 
take an immunosuppressive drug for their 
lifetime to ensure that the body doesn’t _ 
reject the organ. 

Cyclosporine is an immunosuppres- 
sive agent commonly used after trans- 
plants to prevent organ rejection or harm- 
ful side effects. Since the drug is highly 
toxic, frequent monitoring is necessary 
during the days, weeks and months fol- 
lowing surgery. The effectiveness of such 


monitoring depends of the specificity, pre- 
cision and accuracy of the method used in 
measurement. 

“None of the assays [ways to measure 
the drug in the blood] that are currently 
available meet all the requirements for 
accuracy, fast turnaround time and meas- 
uring the relevant portion of the drug,” 
Dr Yatscoff explains. 

Dr Yatscoff and his research team, 
which includes Dr Donald LeGatt and Dr 
Andrew Malcolm, have the first stage of 
the research—production of antibodies— 
successfully under way. After developing 
a variety of antibodies and testing them at 
the University of Alberta, the best one will 


“The industry needs a fully 
automated and cost-effective assay 
that is highly specific for 
cyclosporine.” 

Dr Alan Burkhardt 


be adapted for Ciba Corning’s high vol- 
ume automated analyzer that uses 
chemiluminscent technology to measure 
cyclosporine. The project is expected to 
take about 18 months. 

“The industry needs a fully automated 
and cost-effective assay that is highly spe- 
cific for cyclosporine,” says Dr Alan 
Burkhardt, Ciba Corning’s executive di- 
rector of Immunoassay Development. 


UAH Photo Department 


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Drs Randall Yatscoff, left, and Donald LeGatt, collaborators on the project involving the 
development of an optimized assay for cyclosporine by automated analysis on the Ciba Corning 


ACS 180 instrument shown in the background. 


“Our aim is to develop this by combining 
Dr Yatscoff’s expertise in immunosuppres- 
sive therapies and antibody production 
with the automated diagnostics expertise of 
Ciba Corning.” 

Dr Philip Gordon, Professor and Chair 
of the Department of Laboratory Medicine 


Pandas star exemplifies the term student-athlete 


By Ron Thomas 


he athletes who excel are those who 

have natural talent, work hard and are 
able to think a play or two ahead and an- 
ticipate what’s going to happen. In 
Miroslava (“Mirka”) Pribylova, the Uni- 
versity of Alberta has just such an athlete. 

Pribylova, a first-year Panda volleyball 
player with several years’ quality playing 
experience, spearheaded the team to an 
undefeated season (21 consecutive victo- 
ries) that culminated in a Canadian 
Interuniversity Athletic Union champion- 
ship. Throughout the season, the first in 
which a Pandas team went undefeated, it 
was Pribylova who decided on what the 
attack would be and who would hit the 
ball. In Pandas’ rallies she handled the ball 
virtually every second time. 

What immediately impressed 
me and her teammates was the 
depth of her experience at all 
levels of the game, says coach 
Laurie Eisler. “She raised the 
level of play of everyone around 
her.” 

Pribylova, who grew up in 
Brno in the Czech Republic, has 
been playing the game since she 
was eight years old, and her tal- 
ent and years of hard work paid 
off in her winning a spot on 
Czechoslovakia’s National 
Volleyball Team and competing 
in four European Cup Champi- 
onships. 

She gravitated to university 
ball after coming to Edmonton to 
visit her sister, who has lived 
here for seven years. She consid- 
ered taking physical education at 
the U of A, one reason being that 
she could get a better job at 
home if her English-language 
skills were improved. (Pribylova 
has already passed her Test of 
English as a Foreign Language 
(TOEFL) exam but, needing to 
gain three more points, will 
write it again in June.) It was 
also about this time that former 
Pandas coach Suzi Smith ap- 
proached her about playing for 
the team. She registered as an 


unclassified student and wound up hav- 
ing a “smashing” year, one made doubly 
special by her receipt last month of a 
Universiade ’83 Scholarship. 

Also last month, she and teammate 
Andrea Oh spent four days in Yellowknife 
coaching 15- 18-year-old volleyball play- 
ers who will represent the Northwest 
Territories at the Western Canada Games 
this summer. 

“University volleyball is very competi- 
tive,” Pribylova says, “but the calibre is 
not as high as in Europe and the season 
isn’t nearly as long. The [CIAU] players 
are more excited about playing, however.” 


3-week intensive French conversational program 
at Faculté Saint-Jean, the U of A French Campus 
3 sessions to choose from: 


She’s confident that “Pandamonium” will 
reign again next year because all of this 
year’s players are eligible to return. 

The Universiade ’83 Scholarship pro- 
gram was created from a surplus of funds 
from the 1983 University Games which 
were co-hosted by the University, the City 
of Edmonton, the Province of Alberta, and 
the Government of Canada. Each year, 
some 45 Universiade ‘83 Scholarships are 
awarded to U of A students at a value of 
$2,500 each. The purpose of the award is 
to further the ideals of those games and 
recognize the academic abilities of the 
recipients and their skills in either sports 
or fine arts. 


and Pathology, says, “It is rewarding to 
have international companies recognize 
and invest in the research expertise in 
Canadian universities. This project is a 
fine example of the benefits of cooperation 
between industry and academia in our 
medical centre.” 


Photo Services 


“Mirka” Pribylova accepts her Universiade 
‘83 Scholarship from Jim Hole, Chair of the 
Universiade ’83 Foundation, left. Also shown 
is Dr Roger Smith, Acting Vice-President 
(Academic). The Pandas star wants to 
“maintain a lifelong involvement in sports.” 


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Jeffrey Schwartz, assistant professor, 
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18 May, 3 pm 

Mordecai Blaustein, University of 
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@ Tim Goddard and Geoff Riordan, PhD 
students in Educational Administration, 
attended the National Graduate Student 
Research Seminar in Educational Adminis- 
tration, 21 and 22 April, in San Francisco. 
They were selected, together with 38 other 
doctoral students, from many nominees in 
the major universities in North America 
which teach educational administration. 
This seminar was sponsored by the Ameri- 
can Educational Research Association, the 
University Council for Educational Admin- 
istration, and Corwin Press. Activities in- 
cluded presentations by participants about 
their doctoral research and by distin- 
guished faculty members. 

@ Fourth-year law student Anne Marie 
Godin has been awarded the 1995 Edmon- 
ton Consular Ball Scholarship in Interna- 
tional Studies. She will receive $1,000 for 
her proposed research topic, “Gender 
Issues in Sub-Saharan African Structural 
Adjustment Programs,” and is eligible to 
receive an additional $1,000 to cover travel 
expenses. The scholarship(s) is sponsored 
by the Edmonton Consular Corps, the only 
consular corps in Canada to take this kind 
of initiative in education and international 
affairs. The research topic of the 
recipient(s) must focus on the preservation 
of world peace and must involve the 
United Nations and its agencies. The travel 
portion of the award is used to carry out 
research at any UN headquarters. 

wi Edgar Jackson (Geography) is this year’s 
recipient of the Allen V. Sapora Research 
Award given “for excellence in research 
that makes a significant contribution to the 
knowledge base of park, recreation and 
leisure professions”. He is the second 
Canadian and the first geographer to win 
the award, which has been presented an- 
nually at the University of Illinois since 
1986. 

@ Shrawan Kumar (Physical Therapy) 
delivered an invited plenary speech to the 
first Annual Congress of the Federation of 
Indian Physiological Sciences, 1-3 March, 
in New Delhi. His talk was entitled “An 
ergonomic strategy for prevention and 
control of musculoskeletal injuries.” 

@ Shirley Stinson (Professor Emeritus of 
Nursing) was recently awarded the 1995 
Teachers College Columbia University 
Distinguished Alumni Award in New York 
City. Dr Stinson has also been recognized 
with the Ideal of Service Award from the 
Rotary Club of West Edmonton for “out- 
standing contribution to the nursing pro- 
fession throughout North America”. 


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EXHIBITIONS 


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Until 31 May : 

“Students’ Work 1994-95"—an exhibi- 
tion of works by Faculty of Extension stu- 
dents during the past year. Gallery hours: 
Monday to Thursday, 8:30 am to 8 pm; 
Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm; 9 am to noon, 
Saturday. Information: 492-3034. 

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Until 1 July 

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Gallery hours: Monday to Friday, 10 am to 
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Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 6 to 8 
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Edmonton. Excellent bus service to Uni- 
versity, utilities included. University in- 
quiries welcame, 492-7044. 

WEST END CONDO - Two bedrooms 
facing park. $650/ month, immediate pos- 
session. Western Relocation, 434-4629. . 

EXECUTIVE HOME - Fully furnished 
in Old Glenora. Easy access to University. 
September 1995 to April 1996. $1,200/ 
month. References requested. Telephone 
(403) 455-4830. Fax c/o 427-0699. 

FULLY FURNISHED three bedroom 
bungalow. Royal Gardens. Finished base- 
ment with fourth bedroom. Seven appli- 
ances. Piano. 1995-96 academic year. Suit- 
able for visiting professor. Nonsmokers. 
$850/ month plus utilities. 435-9590. 

WINDSOR PARK - Four bedrooms 
plus den, family room with fireplace. For- 
mal dining room, fully furnished. 1 July 
1995 to 30 June 1996. $1,300/ month. West- 
ern Relocation Services Ltd: 434-4629. 

IDEAL SABBATICAL RENTAL - 
Deluxe, fully furnished one bedroom 
condo. Eighteenth floor, river view, pool, 
sauna, adjacent to campus. Available May. 
492-3663, 489-0893. 

TWO STOREY, THREE BEDROOM 
HOME - 81 Avenue west of 109 Street. 
Nonsmoking, no pets. $900/ month. Fax 
963-8191. Available 1 June. 

AVAILABLE 1 MAY - 25 AUGUST - 
Fully furnished condo, one bedroom and 
office. 10135 Saskatchewan Drive. Non- 
smoker, $750/ month. 439-5863 evenings. 
492-0772 days. 

GOOD DEAL - Bright, quiet place. 
Good area. One bedroom basement suite. 
$375/ month plus utilities. Laundry, park- 
ing, close to Old Strathcona and Mill 
Creek. 433-2702. 

GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS - Close to 
University. 2,200 square feet, five bed- 
rooms, large yard, completely renovated. 
$1,200/ month. Ideal sabbatical rental. 
437-4108. 

PETROLIA/GREENFIELD - Furnished 
bungalow, three bedrooms, fireplace, pi- 
ano, sunny kitchen, finished basement, 
close to schools, express bus to the Univer- 
sity. 1 July 1995 - 30 June 1996. $750/ 
month. 434-4254 or 492-5330. 

PRETTY THREE BEDROOM BUNGA- 
LOW with trees, spacious patio, big win- 


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“Nothing Sacred” by George F Walker. 
Directed by MFA directing candidate 
Randy White. Designed by MFA theatre 
design candidate Melinda Sutton. Tickets 
and information: 492-2495. Timms Centre 
for the Arts. 


WOMEN’S PROGRAM, 
FACULTY OF EXTENSION 

12 to 16 June 

Women’s Words: Summer Writing In- 
stitute. A week of life-writing, poetry with 
award-winner Di Brandt, evening read- 
ings by published writers and more. Call 
492-3093 for a detailed brochure. 

12 June, 7:30 pm 

Reception and book launch of Other 
Voices. 2-36 University Extension Centre. 
Cosponsored by Other Voices Collective 
and Women’s Program. 

15 June, 6:30 pm 

Dinner and reading with Di Brandt. 
Dinner at 6:30, reading at 8. Call 492-3093 
to register. Fee: $20. 


dows. Greenfield area. Nice residential 
neighbourhood, excellent schools. Express 
bus to University. Bikepath via University 
Farm. Furniture optional. July or August, 
one year. Small families or retired couples. 
Dog OK. $750/ month. 435-6615. 

WEST END - Available 1 July. Three 
bedrooms, den. 1 1/2 storey home. Wood 
stove, double garage, established garden 
beds, fenced yard, optional security sys- 
tem. Close to bus, shopping. $1,000/ 
month. Nonsmokers. 489-7998. 

FIVE BEDROOM BUNGALOW - Fin- 
ished basement, double garage, five appli- 
ances included. Near Southgate and 
schools. Facing tennis courts and park. 
$950/month. Raymond Cheng, 498-2930. 

PHENOMENAL LOCATION - Short 
term apartment sublet right on the edge of 
campus (Saskatchewan Drive and 109 
Street). Convenient to restaurants, stores, 
etc. Furnished one bedroom, available 
May - July inclusive. $550 plus utilities. 
Call Sam at 439-5677. 

TWO MONTHS’ FREE RENT - One 
bedroom, $375. Two bedroom, $495. Walk- 
up, 10645 79 Avenue. 433-2701. 

WINDSOR PARK - Three bedroom 
view home. $950/month. 433-0212 eve- 
nings. 

SHARED ACCOMMODATION - 
Teacher-owned, furnished apartment 
condo. Own room, privacy, owner travels. 
Direct bus route to U of A. Rent $350/ 
month includes utilities. Damage deposit 
$200. References. Phone Ann, (403) 331- 
3775 evenings, or 435-1852 weekends. 

WINDSOR PARK - Three bedroom 
semi-bungalow across from park, two 
blocks from University. Mature trees, 
large lot, hardwood floors, two bath- 
rooms. New two-car garage. Available 
1 May 1995. No pets. $1,000/ month. 
Phone 433-5655. 

LARGE CHARACTER HOME - Old 
Strathcona. Double garage, four bed- 
rooms, sauna, hardwood floors, excellent 
bus routes. Close to amenities. Available 
immediately. $950/ month plus utilities. 
Please contact Mavis, 433-6290. 

FULLY FURNISHED two bedroom 
bungalow, main floor. Allendale. $500/ 
month including utilities. Available imme- 
diately. Phone 467-5196 or 467-3704. 

EDMONTON EXECUTIVE CHARAC- 
TER HOME on large lot in Groat Estates. 
Modern kitchen, three bedrooms, 1 1/2 
baths, hardwood floors. Less than ten 
minutes drive from University. Immediate 
possession. One-two year lease. $1,200/ 
month. 484-2403. : 

RENT FOR THE SUMMER - Two bed- 
room apartment, hardwood floors, unfur- 
nished. Two blocks south of campus. 
Available immediately until 31 August 


The University of Alberta is committed 
to the principle of equity in employment. 
As an employer, we welcome diversity in the 
workplace and encourage applications from all 
qualified women and men, including Aborigi- 
nal peoples, persons with disabilities, and 
members of visible minorities. 


ACADEMIC STAFF 


CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL 
POLICY STUDIES 

Applications and nominations are 
invited for the position of Chair of the 
Department of Educational Policy 
Studies.The department offers master’s 
and doctoral degrees in a wide range of 
disciplines. It also contributes to the 
preservice preparation of teachers. 

Candidates must possess an earned 
doctorate, K-12 and university teaching 
experience, knowledge of emerging trends 
in leadership roles in schools and institu- 
tions of higher education, experience 


1995. $450/ month including free washer 
and dryer. Call John at 492-0895 (daytime) 
or 436-9118 (evenings). Pets OK. Non- 
smokers only. 

CHARACTER HOUSE, 1 JUNE- A 
stone’s throw from University, hospitals. 
Hardwood floors, wood fireplace. $650/ 
month plus utilities for appropriate couple 
or single person with good references. 
433-4358, 434-0220. 

JULY TO AUGUST - Millwoods. Three 
bedroom furnished house. $450/ month. 
Damage deposit required. 461-0668. 

BRIGHT THREE BEDROOM MAIN 
FLOOR - Great location, parking, four 
appliances. No pets, nonsmokers. $900/ 
month, utilities included. Available 1 May. 
Call Audrey, 389-4016, or Ian, 435-7861. 

1 JULY 1995 TO 1 JULY 1996 - Two 
bedrooms, one full bath up, one down, 
four appliances, single garage. Capilano 
neighbourhood, near schools, parks and 
recreational facilities. $650 plus utilities, 
negotiable. Carol, 465-9630. 

AVAILABLE 1 MAY - Fully renovated 
one bedroom apartment. River valley 
view, furnished or unfurnished. $700/ 
645/month. Pool, sauna, fully equipped 
exercise room. Seven minutes’ walk to 
University. Nonsmokers only. Phone 
424-2324. 

INTERESTED in buying, selling or 
leasing a condominium? Call me first. 
Available from $33,000 to $474,500. Ask 
for Connie Kennedy, condo consultant / 
specialist, 25 years. Re/Max, 488-4000. 


ACCOMMODATIONS FOR SALE 

VICTORIA PROPERTIES - Knowl- 
edgeable, trustworthy realtor with Ed- 
monton references will answer all queries, 
send information, no cost/ obligation. 
“Hassle-free” property management 
provided. (604) 383-7100, Lois Dutton, 
Duttons & Company Ltd, #101 - 364 Moss 
Street, Victoria, B.C. V8V 4N1 

UNIVERSITY AVENUE PROPERTY - 
Mostly land value with small house and 
very large lot. Easy to show! Call Janet 
Jenner Fraser at 435-0808 or Gordon King 
at 438-7170, Spencer Real Estate. 

BRIGHT, CONTEMPORARY LOFT 
CONDO close to U of A and river valley. 
Two bedroom with custom-built, Euro- 
pean-style cabinet in master bedroom. 
Immaculate! Call Janet Jenner Fraser, 
Spencer Real Estate, 435-0808. 

CANMORE CONDOMINIUM - 
Private sale. Two bedrooms plus loft. 
Central location, excellent view. $110,000. 
481-1288. 

BELGRAVIA - Quiet location, easy 
walk to University. Very clean, well main- 
tained, three bedroom bungalow with 
three bedroom suite. Newer shingles, hot 


UNIVERSITY OF, ALBERTA, ® FOLIO 5 MAY 1995 


teaching at the graduate level and super- 
vising doctoral dissertations, a distin- 
guished record of scholarly activity, and 
an interest in field-based research and 
collaboration. 

The department chair is responsible 
for providing leadership toward the 
achievement of excellence in teaching, 
research, and service by faculty and staff; 
and the scholarly pursuit of knowledge by 
students. Because of the nature of the de- 
partment, the candidate should be able to 
relate to staff in disciplines/ fields of study 
different from her/his own. The appoint- 
ment will take effect 1 July 1995. 

Deadline for applications is 17 May 
1995. Enquiries or applications, accompa- 
nied in the latter case by a curriculum vitae 
and the name of three referees, should be 
submitted to: Dr Harvey Zingle, Dean, 
Faculty of Education, University of 
Alberta, 845 Education South, Edmonton, 
Alberta T6G 2G5 


SUPPORT STAFF 


To obtain information on support staff 
positions, please contact Personnel Services 
and Staff Relations, 2-40 Assiniboia Hall. You 
can also call the Job Information Line at 492- 
7205 (24 hours) or consult the weekly Employ- 
ment Opportunities Bulletin, 


water tank, furnace, fence, landscaping, 
paint. Refinished hardwood throughout. 
Double garage. $179,900. Judy Gill, 
Re/Max TV, 481-2950. 

BELOW MARKET VALUE - Four level 
split, 1,750 square feet, ravine location. 
Patricia Heights, ten minutes from Univer- 
sity. Close to schools, shopping. Energy 
efficient windows, huge master, bright 
kitchen. Flexible financing. $165,900 or 
best offer. 481-3716. ‘ 

NORTH GARNEAU - Elegant three 
bedroom home. Basement suite with sepa- 
rate entrance. $179,900. 433-4510. 

BELGRAVIA - Extensively upgraded 
semi-bungalow. New oak floors, oak 
kitchen and bath, cedar deck/ fence. Fire- 
place, vinyl siding, top quality windows, 
unistone walks, professionally developed 
basement, etc. Cul-de-sac location. Park 
view. Substantially reduced price! Excel- 
lent value. Ron Hodgins, Sutton Group, 
464-1333. 

RIO TERRACE - Fifteen-minute el- 
egant drive to University. River, three ra- 
vines, biking trails. Direct bus to Univer- 
sity, GMCC, downtown. Four level split, 
four bedrooms, two baths, cathedral ceil- 
ing in living room, kitchen. Excellent 
neighbourhood, sport centre, church and 
more. $149,900. 487-0234. 


AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE 

1976 EMPRESS CLASS A, 21 foot, 440 
cu.in. 60,000 miles, very good shape. Ask- 
ing $10,000. 10131 81 Avenue, Monday 
through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm. 

1949 CHEV TRUCK ONE TON to be 
restored. Motor rebuilt, body painted, box 
boards replaced. 10131 81 Avenue, Mon- 
day through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm. 

1964 CHEV CAR - Motor good, body 
fair, good tires. Asking $800. 10131 81 
Avenue, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 
5 pm. 

21 FOOT RV - 1979 Dodge. Very good 
condition. Asking $9,500. 433-1793 or 473- 
6300. 

1984 NEW YORKER - 142,000 km. 
Very good condition. $3,500. 481-7055, 
433-1793. 


GOODS FOR SALE 
CASH PAID for quality books. The 
Edmonton Book Store, 433-1781. 


SERVICES 

DONNIC WORD PROCESSING - 
Since 1978, specializing in theses, manu- 
scripts and editing. 453-2769. 

DAVID RICHARDS CARPENTRY - 
Certified journeyman NAIT. Complete in- 
terior/ exterior residential and commercial 
renovations including plumbing/electri- 
cal. References available. 436-6363. 


HOME CLEANING - Hardworking, 
bonded staff. Reasonable rates. Able 


Maids, 433-9697. 


TECH VERBATIM Word Processing; 
editing, résumés, theses, medical terminol- 


ogy, campus. Donna, 440-3714. 


LEARN THE INTERNET: personal- 
ized instruction on accessing valuable 
Internet resources specific to your field. 
Chris and Josie Hammond-Thrasher, 
433-3677. (cthrashe@freenet.edm.ab.ca) 

PROFESSIONAL SEAMSTRESS - 


Specializes in wedding, bridesmaid 
gowns, ladies and children’s 
apparel, maternity wear. General 
alterations. Our fabrics 10 percent 
off. 469-6292. 

HALLDOR’S - Now on Whyte, 
is offering quality picture framing 
and photo restoration. Good park- 
ing. 10762 82 Avenue. 439-5445. 

HOUSECLEANING OR 
HOMECARE - Professional. 
Employees insured and bonded. 
Call Dr Bowen or Phil. 465-7785. 

MARK EHRMAN CARPEN- 
TRY LIMITED - Bathroom and 
kitchen renovations. Custom cabi- 
nets and finishing carpentry. Ref- 
erences available. Phone 463-0889. 

SCONA RADIATOR - Repairs 
and replacements, gas tanks, heat- 
ing cores, oil changes, vehicles 
washed and waxed. Call 433-1793. 
Ten percent discount. Drive-in 
service. Jerry Voss. 

HOUSESITTER AVAILABLE - 
Retired school superintendent at- 
tending University this fall on doc- 
toral program. Looking for house 
to sit. Nonsmoker, studious and 
responsible, will be commuting to 
Bonnyville on weekends. Refer- 
ences available. Ed Nicholson, 
(403) 826-7505. 

RELIABLE COUPLE willing to 
housesit this summer (or longer). 
437-7504. 


ARTranslation Inc. 


Translation & Editing Services 


Annie Robberecht 


Certified Translator (ATIA, STQ) 


Tel. 438-6105 


Full Editing Services Available in French 


Tired of 
the same 


bored 


room? 


10049-103 Street 
Edmonton, Alberta 
Canada 15] 2W7 
(403) 423-1565 


HOUSESITTER available 1 September. Mature 
female, nonsmoker, excellent references. Call 
Debbie in Business, 492-3053. 


MISCELLANEOUS 

RESEARCH ASSISTANT - Your own personal 
librarian. Specializing in the humanities and social 
sciences. Call Boyd Blackwell, 439-7967, or e-mail 
rblackwe@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca. 

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMEONE to 
come to your home and look after your pet while 
away? Call Hearth and Home Pet Care at 433-3736 
for reasonable rates. 


Catherine M. Fletcher pops. 


DENTIST 


#980, 8215-112 Street 
College Plaza 3 
Edmonton, Alberta 
T6G 2C8 


439-2266 


Our hours are: 


Monday to Thursday 
8:00 am — 4:00 pm 
Friday by appointment 


Paul Lorieau's University Optical 


"We value your eyes, and we'll prove it 
by offering the very best in optical care 
at everyday low prices." 


Conveniently located in College Plaza 
8217 - 112 Street - Edmonton, AB T6G 2C8 


\ - 
433-5500 


McKernan Child Care Society 


Action Packed Summer Program Starts 
June 29, 1995 

Fun for Ages 5-12 

437-1971 11341-78 Avenue 


SPECIAL 


QUAKER STATE 5W30 QSX INCLUDES: 
lube, oil, filter and 21 point 
inspection; We'll check the front 
end, shocks, hoses, belts, lights, 
brakes, tires, exhaust and fluids 


Fax 436-9027 


ies to 
eres 
Expires May 31 


ALBERTA PLACE 


T Ee HOTEL 


M, 
Complete Car Care Centres” 
Also specialize in tune ups, brakes, front-ends and shocks. 
* SOUTHSIDE OPEN LATE 
4717-99 St. 437-4555 Mon.-Fri. 7-9 Sat. 7-6 
WESTEND 
17108-107 Ave 484-4700 Mon.-Fri. 7-9 Sat. 7-5 
CENTRAL 
10550-116 St Mon.-Fri. 7-6 Sat. 7-5 


The Tire Warehouse offers a complete range 
of tire and automotive services and products. 
Discounts available for U of A Staff and 

Students (with valid ID) pivsis 


Meeting in the same 
boardroom week after week 
can get a little tiring. 


A change of scenery is just 
what you need to increase 
productivity and boost 
creativity. 


If you’re hosting a guest 
speaker or planning a 
luncheon, our facilities are 
perfect for up to 65 people. 
And to make your planning 
easier, we take care of your 
catering and audio-visual 
requests. 


So for your next meeting get 
out of the bored room and 
over to the Alberta Place 
Suite Hotel. 


Call today to break away 
from the boredom! 


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UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA 12) FOLIO 5 MAY 1995 


OIL CHANGE 


© New Suites in a New Building 

© Only 3 Suites Per Floor 2 Bedroom 
& 2 Plus Den Floor Plans Available 

© Super Energy Efficient Construction 

© Video Monitored Front Entry 

© Custom Finishing Option Available 


Come and see for yourselh! 
Show Suites 10721 Saskatchewan Drive 
439-4089 


COUNT ON US FOR QUALITY! 


SINCE 1°76 


FOR YOUR NEXT SEMINAR, | Coffee 
MEETING OR CONFERENCE, Pastries 
Call: Steve Clarke 433-5573 
Platters 


LAVA IWE 


Cherniavsky Consulting Ltd. 


Eva M. Cherniavsky 
8919 - 146 Street, 

Edmonton, Alberta TSR 0V7 
Tel, (403) 483-9308 


Immigration Counselling, 
Employee Training and 
Life-long Learning 


AUCKLAND - $1654 
SYDNEY/BRISBANE/MELBOURNE - $1764 


W.SAMOA/TONGA/UANUATU/FIJl 
also available 


Depart up to Nov.15 - stay from __ 
4 to 12 months - stop 3 placesg oN 
free - just imagine it! 


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Taxes not included. 


9006 -112 St. Hub Mall, University of Alberta 
Edmonton, Alberta Tel: (403) 492-2756 


Would this suite 
design accommodate 
your furniture? Have 
you ever seen so much 
wall space for 
bookcases? Please call 
RICK JAMES REAL 
ESTATE LIMITED at 
434-1478 to arrange an 
appointment to suit 
your schedule. 


11650 - 79 Avenue 
The Belgravia — where condominium 
does not mean compromise.